ἀγαπάω agapaō

Greek word for “to love” · Strong’s G25 · used 143 times in 110 verses

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Meaning

ἀγαπάω, -ῶ; to love, to feel and exhibit esteem and goodwill to a person, to prize and delight in a thing.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for agapaō in context, with how often each is used:

• loving 30
• loved 24
• love 21
• will love 14
• may love 11
• do love 9
• loves 9
• shall love 5
• having loved 5
• have loved 4
• beloved 4
• 'you will love 1

Where it is used

Also in 10 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 John 4 (8), John 14 (6), 1 John 3 (5), John 21 (4), Ephesians 5 (4), Matthew 5 (3), Mark 12 (3), Luke 6 (3), Luke 7 (3), John 3 (3)

Forms

• ἀγαπᾶτε 14
• ἀγαπῶν 14
• ἀγαπᾷ 12
• ἠγάπησεν 11
• ἀγαπήσεις 10
• ἀγαπῶμεν 10
• ἀγαπᾶν 8
• ἀγαπῶσιν 5
• ἀγαπῶ 5
• ἀγαπήσει 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with agapaō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πλησίον plēsion “near/neighbor” 9
• ἀλλήλων allēlōn “one another” 12
• ἐντολή entolē “commandment” 10
• πατήρ patēr “father” 15
• καθώς kathōs “as/just as” 11
• ἀγάπη agapē “love” 9
• μισέω miseō “to hate” 7
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 13
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 8
• ψυχή psuchē “soul” 7
• γινώσκω ginōskō “to know” 8
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 9

Key verses

The verses using agapaō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 14:21 — He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will…
• John 21:15 — So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love…
• Romans 8:28 — And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
• Galatians 2:20 — I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son…
• Ephesians 1:6 — To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
• Ephesians 2:4 — But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
• Ephesians 5:2 — And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13 — But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through…
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16 — Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
• James 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• 1 Peter 1:22 — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart…
• Revelation 1:5 — And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.